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Until the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which implemented the recommendations of the Wolfenden report, homosexual acts between consenting male adults were illegal in England and Wales.

There were prosecutions and Sunday newspapers gave space to the court reports.

Yet, by 1960, the police were as relaxed as possible over the old laws.

There was a feeling that the code violated decent liberty.

But police restraint did not deter the menace of blackmail.